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Santa Claus Gets His Wish 

A Christmas Play in One Act 
For Young Children 



By 
BLANCHE PROCTOR FISHER 

Author of *' Finding the Mayflowers'' 




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Santa Claus Gets His Wish 
\ Plav for Children 



CHARACTERS 

P^iRST Imp. 
Second Imp, 
Santa Claus. 
Sand-Man. 

WiSH-BONE. 

Lollipop. 
Ice-Cream Cone. 
Little Girl. 




Copyright, 1921, by Walter H. Baker Company 



SEP 15 1921 

DCLD 58H27 
TMP92-009344 



SUGGESTIONS FOR CHARACTERS 

Imps. In red sweaters and red masks covering the 
head, with a Httle peak over each ear. 

Sand-Man. In gray tunic and gray pointed cap. 

Wish-Bone. Is a slender boy holding his arms close 
to his body and walking stiffly with legs spread far apart. 

Lollipop. A very slender boy with his head wrapped 
loosely in red tissue-paper. 

Ice-Cream Cone. A little boy encased in a cornu- 
copia of heavy wrapping-paper with some soft white 
material showing at the top about his face. 



Santa Claus Gets His Wish 



SCENE. — The interior of Santa Clauses home on 
Christmas Eve. There is a door on each side of the 
stage, and a fireplace at the hack. Santa Claus's big 
easy-chair is near the front of the stage at the left, and 
near the front at the right is a table. 

(As the curtain rises the tzvo Imps are seated on the 
floor, each with a section of harness, the bells of 
which they are industriously polishing. ) 

First Imp. You must hurry. It's almost seven 
o'clock, and soon it will be time to harness the reindeer. 

Second Imp. I am hurrying as fast as I can. I shall 
get through now before you do, and my bells will be just 
as bright as yours. It seems to me that the more I 
shine them the sweeter their tone is. 

First Imp. I am polishing mine so bright that when 
Santa Claus drives through the sky all the people will 
look up and think they see stars twinkling overhead. 

Second Imp. And I make my bells so bright that 
when they chime the children will hear them in their 
sleep and dream they are listening to birds singing in the 
springtime. 

First Imp (scornfidly). What nonsense ! How many 
children to-night do you suppose are dreaming of birds 
and springtime? 

Second Imp. Why shouldn't they? 

First Imp. Why should they,^ — when there are so 
many other things to dream of at Christmas time? If 
you don't believe me, we'll leave it to Santa Claus. Here 
he comes now. Hooray ! 



SANTA CLAUS GETS HIS WISH 

{As Santa Claus enters from l. of stage the Imps 
run to meet him, and holding an end of the harness 
in each hand form a ring and dance around him in 
time to the jingling of the bells.) 

Santa Claus. Hold on! Hold on there! When a 
fellow gets to be my age his head isn't steady enough to 
stand any such merry-go-'round as this. Come on now, 
let's see if you've done your work properly and polished 
the bells as I told you. 

(He sits down in his big armchair and the Imps climb 
upon his lap.) 

First Imp. I said I would make my bells so bright 
that people would think they were twinkling stars. 

Second Imp. And / said 

First Imp (interrupting). Never mind what you 
said. There wasn't any sense to that. Santa Claus, 
tell us, what do children dream about at Christmas time? 

Santa Claus. What do children dream about ? Why, 
they dream about me, of course. 

Both Imps (each shaking a finger at him). O-ho ! 

Santa Claus. There ! I suppose you think I'm a* 
conceited old chap, but if you don't believe me we'll ask 
the Sand-Man. (The Sand-Man enters, l. door, carry- 
ing a big bag over his shoulder, and a small bag in his 
hand.) Just starting off on your rounds, I see. Have 
you a heavy load to-night? 

Sand-Man. The sand-bag is heavy, but the dream- 
bag is light. There isn't much to a dream, you know ; — 
just a whiff of fairy powder wrapped up in a bit of mist. 
But they do the trick all the same, — and how the children 
love them. 

Santa Claus. And what are these dreams which the 
children love? Are any of them about me? 

Sand-Man. Why, no, Santa. Of course they used 
to be, but times have changed, you see. Children now- 
adays have so many interests. 

Santa Claus. But I thought perhaps just at Christ- 
mas time 



SANTA CLAUS GETS HIS WISH 7 

Sand-Man. Yes, I know, I know. Yet, after all, 
dreams are really a matter of habit. It's the things which 
the children enjoy all through the year that stay in their 
minds after they fall asleep. 

Santa Claus. Well, what are these things which the 
children enjoy all the year and dream about every night? 

Sand-Man. Ah ! That would be telling. Mustn't 
give away the secrets of the trade, you know. Well, 
I'm off. See you later. [Exit, r. door. 

Santa Claus {to the Imps). Run out with him, boys, 
and help him down the steps with his bags. (Exeunt 
iMts.) H'm! I didn't find out what I wanted to, did 
I? I wish I could, though (Yawning.), I wish I could; 
but what's the old saying: " If wishes were horses, beg- 
gars might ride" ? Holloa! Who's this coming? (The 
WiSH-BoNE enters, r. door.) How strangely he walks, — 
must be kind o' stiff in his joints, or else he hasn't any 
joints at all. Good-evening, friend, who might you be? 

WiSH-BoNE (in a melancholy tone). My name is 
Wish-Bone. I am all that's left of the Thanksgiving 
turkey. 

Santa Claus (sympathetically). I say, now, that's 
rather a lonely fate for you; but cheer up, it might be 
worse. 

WiSH-BoNE (in the same melancholy tone). It will 
be worse. I expect to be laid up with a broken leg most 
any day now. 

Santa Claus. Broken leg? Why, bless my stars, man, 
what makes you expect anything like that to happen? 

WiSH-BoNE. It always happens to us wish-bones; 
runs in the family. Sometimes it's both legs that are 
broken, and the head flies off; and that's the greatest 
pity of all, for then there isn't any one gets their wish. 

Santa Claus. Is your business something like mine, 
then ; giving people whatever they wish ? 

Wisn-BoNE. N-no, — not exactly giving it, — just 
promising it. But it all amounts to the same thing. 
Once make people believe they'll get what they wish for, 
and somehow it always comes in the end. 

Santa Claus. Then perhaps you can help me out. 



8 SANTA CLAUS GETS HIS WISH 

My great wish just at present is to know what the chil- 
dren are dreaming about to-night. 

WiSH-BoNE. Sorry to refuse you, but I'm not ready 
for business yet. Don't feel quite equal to it. Wait 
until I get a little more snap in me, and then I'll call 
around again. Good-night. [Exit Wish-Bone, r. door. 

Santa Claus. He's about the gloomiest creature I 
ever saw ; and yet he struck sort of a hopeful note when 
he said people would get what Ihey wished for if they 
only believed it. I wonder how that would work out in 
my case. (The Sand-Man enters, r. door.) Ah! here 
comes the Sand-Man back again. Well, how did things 
go with you to-night ? Is your sand-bag empty ? 

Sand-Man. Almost. It takes a powerful lot of -sand 
to make the children sleepy the night before Christmas. 

Santa Claus. And are the dreams all gone too ? 

Sand-Man. Not quite. There was one little girl who 
refused to go to bed at all, because she is so anxious to 
see Santa Claus when he comes. I had two nice dreams 
picked out for her but I couldn't use them. Well, my 
evening's work is over. (Dropping his bags on the 
table.) I suppose you'll be starting soon now. 

Santa Claus. Pretty soon. But what you told me 
about that little girl has put me on my guard. It would 
never do to let her see me while I am filling her stocking. 
So I think I'll sit down by the fire and wait for a few 
minutes. She won't be able to keep awake very long. 
If you see my Imps around anywhere, send them along 
in here. Lazy little scamps ! It's time they were help- 
ing me to pack up the toys. (As the Sand-Man goes 
out, L. door, Santa Claus drazvs his chair up to the 
fireplace, where he sits musing with his eyes half-closed; 
yawning.) I — wish — I — could— know — what the chil- 
dren are dreaming about to-night. 

(The two Imps enter, l. door, and tiptoe forzvard cau- 
tiously. ) 

First Imp (whispers). Is Santa Claus asleep? 
Second Imp. No, he's only thinking. But we could 
make him go to sleep If we wanted to. Here's the Sand- 



SANTA CLAUS GETS HIS WISH Q 

Man's bag, and it Isn't quite empty. Wouldn t it be fun 
to drop some sand in Santa's eyes ! 
First Imp. Hush ! He'll hear you. 

( They creep up behind Santa Claus and toss the sand 
in his face. He yawns again.) 

Sfxond Imp. I think he's almost asleep now. Here 
are two dreams in the dream-bag. Let's open them. 

First Imp. Look out there, clumsy, you're spilling 
them! 

Second Imp. They were so light I couldn't help it. 
The fairy powder is flying all around the room. It's 
filling the air so that I can't see. Are you afraid ? 

First Imp. Of course not. There's nothing to be 
afraid of. Listen ! Some one is coming. 

{As the light grozvs dim, soft, slow music is heard, 
and the Lollipop appears at the r. of the stage and 
moves slowly across to the l., in time to the music.) 

Second Imp (whispering). That looks like one of 
those red-headed lollipops that Santa Claus made to put 
in the children's stockings. Do you s'pose that one has 
escaped from the box ? 

First Imp. I don't think it's a real lollipop. Maybe 
it's only a dream. See ! It's vanishing away. 

(The Lollipop disappears. Santa Claus stirs in his 
sleep, zvhile the music, slightly louder, changes to a 
livelier tune. The Ice-Cream Cone enters through 
the R. door and crosses the stage dancing a jig.) 

Second Imp. Oh, how funny ! What is it? 

First Imp. That is an ice-cream cone. All children 
love to eat them. 

Second Imp. Why, I could make one of those. If I 
took a tin trumpet from Santa Claus's toy-shop and piled 
it full of snow 'twould be just the same thing, wouldn't 
it? 

First Imp. No — for even if you were to eat the snow 
all up, the tin trumpet would still be left in your hand. 



10 SANTA CLAUS GETS HIS WISH 

But there's never anything left of an ice-cream cone. 
Didn't you notice how quickly this one went, almost as 
soon as it came? 

Second Imp. But that is because it was only a dream. 

First Imp. That hasn't anything to do with it. A 
real ice-cream cone wouldn't have lasted much longer. 
Sh! Who's coming now? (As the Ice-Cream Cone 
disappears the music stops, and the light grows bright 
again. The Little Girl enters at the r. She is wrapped 
in a muffler and carries a lighted lantern. Coming to- 
ward the front of the stage she stops in terror on seeing 
the Imps.) Don't be frightened, little girl. We're only 
Santa Claus's imps. We won't hurt you. 

Little Girl. Then this really is where Santa Glaus 
lives, and I didn't make a mistake in the place? Please 
tell me, is Santa Glaus at home? Oh, there he is asleep 
by the fire. {She puts her lantern on the floor and goes 
up to Santa Glaus.) Santa Glaus ! Dear Santa Glaus ! 
Please wake up. It's getting very late. 

Santa Glaus {rubbing his eyes). Why, bless my 
soul ! I must have been napping. And who are you, 
my dear? 

Little Girl. I'm the little girl who wouldn't go to 
bed to-night, for I wanted to sit up to see Santa Glaus. 
But I waited and waited, and you didn't come. Oh, 
Santa Glaus, don't say that you're not coming at all. 
The children would be so disappointed. 

Santa Glaus. The children are happy. They are 
having sweet dreams. Ah! I know now what they're 
dreaming about. Lollipops and ice-cream cones. They're 
not thinking much about poor old Santa Glaus. 

Little Girl. Oh, but Santa Glaus, we do think about 
you very often. We love you much more than we do 
the lollipops and the ice-cream cones, for they just melt 
away and don't last at all, 

Santa Glaus. And what makes you think that I 
would last any longer ? 

Little Girl. Well, you know, Santa, you've already 
lasted a great many years. 

Santa Glaus. Kind of a slam on my age, that is. 



SANTA CLAUS GETS HIS WISH II 

But it's true, every word of it. I have lasted a great many 
years, and the best part of it is, I'm good for as many 
years more. So if the children are expecting me, we'd 
better hurry and be off. {To the Imps.) Bring along 
your harness there, boys; it's time to hitch up the rein- 
deer. Wrap your muffler around you tight, little girl. 
We're going to have a cold ride. Here, isn't this your 
lantern ? 

Little Girl. I shan't need the light of the lantern 
now, for the bells on your harness are so bright they shine 
like stars. 

First Imp. That's exactly what I said when I was 
cleaning them. 

Second Imp. And I said that their tones were so clear 
that the children would believe they were the birds sing- 
ing in the springtime. I was right too, wasn't I ? 

Little Girl. No, you foolish Imp. When the chil- 
dren hear Santa Claus's sleigh-bells ringing they will 
smile in their sleep and think that they are listening to 
the music of the Christmas carols. 

{As the curtain falls the Imps jingle the hells, while 
behind the scenes voices sing " Carol, brothers, 
carol," or some other appropriate Christmas song.) 



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By Helen Sherman Griffith 
Eight female characters. Costumes, modern ; scenery, an exterior. 
Well suited for out of door performances. Plays an hour and a quarter. 
Information of value to the enemy somehow leaks out from a frontier 
town and the leak cannot be found or stopped. But Captain Brooke, of 
the Secret Service, finally locates the offender amid a maze of false clues, 
in the person of a washerwoman wl)o liaii<^s out her clothes day after day in 
ways and places to give the desired inforiDation. A capital play, wcU 
recom mended. Price, 2J cents 



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Mr. Bob 

The Maa from Braodon 

A Box of Monkeys 

A Rice PuddiDg 

Class Day 

Chums 

An Easy Mark 

Pa's" New ffousekeepet 

Not Oo the Program 

The Cool CoHegians 

The Elopement of Ellen 

Tommy's Wife 

Johnny's New Suit 

Thirty Minutes for Refresimieflte 

West of Omaha 

The Flying Wedge 

My Brother's Keeper 

The Private Tutor 

Me an' Otis 

Up to Freddie 

My Cousin Timmy 

Aiint Abigail and the Boyr 

Caught Out 

Constantlne Pueblo JotieB 

The Cricket On the Hearth 

The Deacon's Second Wife 

Five Fc't of Love 

The Hurdy Gurdy Girl 

Camp Fidelity Girls 

Carroty Nell 

A Case for Sherlock Holiuet 

The Clancey Kids 

The Happy Day 

I Grant You Three Wishes 

Just a Little Mistake 

The Land of Night 

Local and Long Distance 

The Original Two Bits 

An Outsider 

Oysters 

A Pan of Fudge 

A Peck of Trouble 

A Precious Pickle 

The First National Boot 

His Father's Son 

The Turn In the Road 

A Half Back's interference 

The Revolving Wedge 

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Plays and Novelties That Have Been " Winners * 

Camp Fidelity Qlris 

Anita's Trial 

The Farmerette 

Behind the Scenes 

The Camp Fire Qirls 

A Case for Shertock Uolmc* 

The House In Laurel Lane 

Her First Assignment 

I Grant You Three Wishes 

Joint Owners in Spain 

Marrying Money 

The Original Two Bits 

The Over-Alls Club 

Leave it to Polly 

The Rev. Peter Brice. Bachelor 

Mfss Fearless & Co. 

A Modern Cinderella 

Theodore, Jr. 

Rebecca's Triumph 

Aboard a Slow Train In Mizxoory 

Twelve Old Maids 

An Awkward Squad 

The Blow-up of Algemoo Blofi 

The Doy Scouts 

A Close Shave 

Ttie First National Boot 

A Half- Back's Inteticreoce 

Hio Father's Son 

The Man With the Nose 

On the Quiet 

The People's Money 

A Regular Rah I Rah I Bof 

A Regular Scream 

Schnicrccase ia School 

The Scoutmaster 

The Tramps' Coavsntion 
J The Turn in the Road 
^ Wanted— a Pitcher 

V/bat They Did for Jenkins 

Aunt Jcrusha's Quilting Party 

The District School at Blueberry 
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The Emigrants' Party 

Miss Prim's Kindergarten 

A Pageant of History 

The Revel cf the Year 

Scenes In the Union Depot 

Taking the Census in Bingvllle 

The Village Post-Office 

O'Keefe's Circuit 

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